LiveCycle Designer dynamic images

What route would i need to take to dynamically include images in a pdf page. What i would like to do is have a user be able to upload screenshots and they be included in the pdf form. I was able to manipulate the image field object by putting in an image in there programatically with Coldfusion, but I dont like the fact that when you click on the image field it prompts you to select a file etc. Can this be disabled? Also the image field wasnt dynamic. Can i convert an image field into an image type programatically as well?
Just trying to figure out LiveCycle.
Thanks

Not doable in LC 7.1 or 8.

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I just posted a thread before, but there is something wrong in that post.
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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.snapstream.com/images/blog/godzilla/overheating_max_cpu_tn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blogs.snapstream.com/2006/01/18/godzilla-pvr/&h=516&w=683&sz=80&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=huDY6gDdtS_o-M:&tbnh=105&tbnw=139&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCPU%2Btemperature%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
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waiting for your reply. thanks in advance.
Ankit

consider you have a JFrame called "frame"
what you can do:
JLabel lab = new JLabel("../firstPic.jpg");
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Livecycle designer - dynamic table index

Hello,
I am new to adobe and java script and form calc neither. I need to be able to detect when the dynamic table will have more than 1 row.
On the form ready event I have coded using form calc:
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data.formulaire.GAB_IT0008.Corps.BoiteInfoGenerique.DonnesInfotype0008.DonnesEntete2.c_SalaireAnnuel.P0008-ANSAL.access == "readOnly"
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Abel.

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Is there a way to work around this or am I doing something wrong. The file was designed in InDesign, exported to a PDF and then brought into LiveCycle to insert text fields and an image field for a user to input their contact info and their logo. The 5 text fields work perfectly and the one image field works EXCEPT for scaling proportionally even though the properties for that field are set correctly.
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Did you import the file using "Create an Interactive Form with Fixed Pages" as your selection on the Import dialog? If so, this brings in the original InDesign PDF as "artwork" (a background layer) on which your form fields are placed. This document can't be dynamic. That might be the issue.

How to assign local variable to global variable dynamically in adobe livecycle designer 7.1

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Please remove all adobe livecycle designer versions from your local pc.
restart your pc to be sure, that all temp data is deleted.
download the newest ald version from service.sap.com and install it.
have fun with developing adobe forms with sap transaction sfp.

Is it possible to build a "click to enlarge" option for images with Livecycle Designer?

Hello! I have built an audit form where the auditors report conditions and add photos by using an image field that when clicked, gives them a dialog box to choose a picture. The photos initially just load as a small image on the screen - a little bigger than a thumbnail and just large enough so you can see what they're talking about. However, I'd like to add an option that would allow the reader to click (or do something) which would enlarge or zoom the image, and then return to its initial smaller size.
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Jan

Hi Jan,
You could try having a custom dialog with a larger version of the image and then open the dialog when they click a button that covers the image on the form.
Here is an example. https://sites.google.com/site/livecycledesignercookbooks/home/ClickToEnlarge.pdf?attredire cts=0&d=1
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Regards
Bruce

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Thank you for the reply! This is what I am looking for! So how do I implement this into my document by clicking on the picture? Do I have to change the format in which I am creating the document? (I noticed this was Java)...
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Lorain,
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Just updated to LiveCycle Designer 8 to get around the issue with my users not being able to save the PDF form data. Now my users can save the data using Acrobat Reader 8 but my dynamic fields are not working correctly.
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Java Library for dynamic PDF form creation similar to LiveCycle Designer

Hi
I have a requirement as below :
Requirement : I need to create a dynamic PDF form with a barcode of type PDF417. Where a user can fill the form offline and after click on some button it will save the form offline and generate a barcode in the same PDF. Later on usaer can take a printout or send the saved pdf as it is.
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LIVECYCLE DESIGNER procedure called "IMAGE STAMP"...

Can this procedure be done in Acrobat on Apple/Mac's? This is a great procedure for anybody who wants their client to be able to put an image of their choosing on a PDF you have converted to "Reader Enabled" using just Acrobat Reader. As far as I can deduce only PC Acrobat/Livecycle can do this.

Hi Jan,
You could try having a custom dialog with a larger version of the image and then open the dialog when they click a button that covers the image on the form.
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Regards
Bruce

Problems importing images into Livecycle Designer 8.0

Hello all,
Recently, I have been having problems importing images into the livecycle forms. I put in the image field and link the image but it would just show a broken link symbol. i usually edit the image in photoshop and save as a jpeg. I can't figure out why Livecycle takes some images but not others.
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I've been starting to use Livecycle designer (version 8 it seems) a few weeks ago and I am currently confronted to a problem that I can't to solve.
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This Fragment contains an image field that changes depending on certain values on my form and of course, being a header, it is placed in the master page.
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Am I taking the wrong approach here? Is there anything that I can do?
Thank you for any light you can shed on the matter.

Hi,
Don't have a complete answer, but you might get some indication for working with images here: http://assure.ly/mcFrC6.
You should also have a look at John Brinkman's post: http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/2009/11/linked_vs_embedded_template_im.html.
If you are using an ImageField object on the Master Page you might need to set its binding to Global. So that as new pages are rendered on the form, the image will be displayed.
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Good luck,
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Direct Insertion
Insert the jpg, gif, or png image directly in your template.
+...This works obviously+
URL Reference
1. Insert a dummy image in your template.
2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:
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+...This, however, does not work.+
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Regards
PS: My BI version: 10.1.3.4.1
Edited by: oeren on Jun 8, 2011 12:28 AM

Oeren,
I stumbled across this little tidbit buried in the BI Publisher forum: Dynamic Images in rtf
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Editing Form Fields inside Acrobat? (after using LiveCycle Designer)

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended == Acrobat
LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2 == LiveCycle Designer
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Say I downloaded a new PDF from the interwebs.
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I open up Acrobat. I realize I need to make some more changes to some of the Form Fields.
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I hate the GUI of LiveCycle Designer --- I had rather edit the form fields from inside Acrobat, as it is easy and fast to change multiple form fields in a few clicks.

Thank you Niall for the above response; Your response gave me an idea which allowed me to remove that line by zooming in to 200%
You know Acrobat detects Form Fields for you.
But many times it makes mistakes, for example in the screenshot below it made the boxes that came with the PDF as text fields instead of check boxes.
The thing is rather than me delete the (form) fields it detected, and start over by making new check boxes, I will not be able to place my new check box in exact locations as Acrobat has done.
When I imported the fields that Acrobat made into LC (by saving the PDF in Acrobat and then opening it with LC) I get option to change the Object Type from Text Field to Check Box when I right click the object.
Is there a similar way to change the Object Type from Text Field to Check Box inside Acrobat? Any suggestions?
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I would really like to do it inside Acrobat because then if I have to make some minor changes to some field properties, all my hard work which I did by filling the fields gets deleted, as I am forced to use LC. The text I add to the fields don't get deleted when I edit the field properties inside Acrobat. I don't know why LC decides to delete all the text which is filled out in the form fields even though the PDF is saved in Acrobat before being imported into LC?
Here is the above PDF file with the text boxes:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lnn32jm5am5
Again thanks for all your guidance so far.

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